Captive ball paddle toy



Nov. 17, 1964 H. s. SCHMID CAPTIVE BALL PADDLE TOY Filed July 23, 1962xrb l. kl

IN V EN TOR. f/E/vey 5 gchm ID United States Patent 3,157,400 CAPTIVEBALL lADDLE TGY Henry S. Sehrnid, 7000 W. Vienna Ave, Milwaukee 22, Wis.Filed July 23, 1962, Ser. No. 211,559 1 Claim. (Cl. 27397) Thisinvention relates to improvements in captive ball toys, and moreparticularly to a novel captive ball toy of the pendulum type.

An object of the invention is to provide a paddle which may bemanipulated with a pendulum movement to keep a captive ball incontinuous movement.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of a captive ball toy embodying theinvention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary detail view showing the string mounting.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken through the handlemember.

FIG. 5 is a frontal edge view in elevation of the device showing theball travel during play.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral refers to thedevice generally, which comprises a handle shank 11 provided with a pairof reinforcement strips 12 and 13 on either side thereof. A top bracket14 is 30 provided with a laterally projecting member 15 provided with acircular groove in a vertical plane at 16 thereof, to receive the loop17 on the upper end of the string 13. A resilient ball 19 is attached tothe lower end of the string 18.

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At the lower end of the device integral with the handle shank ll is asubstantially circular paddle portion 20. When the handle 11 is graspedby the operator, he may keep the ball in continuous movement by a sharppendulum movement of the paddle 20. The paddle portion 20 is disposedlaterally or" the handle shank 11 on the same side as the projectingswivel member 15 and on a plane with the axis of the latter.

It Will be understood that the device is capable of many modificationsin structure and design, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

A captive ball toy comprising a circular plate paddle portion, anintegral handle tangentially disposed thereon, an integral bracket onthe opposite end of said handle disposed on the same side as the paddleportion, a swivel element extending laterally of said bracket, a cordhaving one end looped engaging said swivel element, and a resilient ballsecured to the free end of said cord, said cord being of a length topermit said ball to strike centrally of each face of said paddle whenthe handle is moved in pendulum swinging movement.

References Cited by the Applicant UNITED STATES PATENTS 471,046 3/92WilSkey 46191 2,199,461 3/40 Jones 27395 2,414,063 1/47 Rogers 46472,616,698 11/52 Singer 46191 XR 2,960,793 11/60 Cleave 4647 DELBERT B.LOWE, Primary Examiner.

